WPCNR FOR THE RECORD. June 6, 2007: In the predawn hours of June 6, 1944, the greatest naval, infantry and airborne operation in military history ever assembled approached the coast of Normandy in northern France in the chop of the English Channel approaching highly fortified beaches of northern France. At the end of the day, June 6, 63 years ago allied forces at horrible cost with amazing heroism had secured footholds and had begun the campaign to remove the German Third Reich, beginning the end of World War II. To recall this sobering day, WPCNR refers you to http://www.kansasheritage.org/abilene/ikedday.html which details the scale of this never-to-be-forgotten invasion.